Dating of Hammurabi discrepancy

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There are various chronologies floating around for Hammurabi's reign. So that will naturally produce some variation. Wikipedia seems to currently be favoring the middle one, which would indeed put the code at about 1750 BC.

However, none of their listed chronologies vary by that much. Even their "Ultra Long" only backs him up to about 1900 BC.

One thing I did find is that there's a dating for a previous code, the Code of Ur-Nammu (the oldest known law code), that is dated to 2050 BC. Perhaps your higher source was confusing their codes?

Another possibility, as Semaphore mentioned in the comments, is that your ultra-ultra-long source is/was using a chronology that is far beyond what is currently deemed feasible. Tough to say for sure, without knowing the source.

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